that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morn captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead metro is warning passengers to add an hour to their travel times. >> good morning. happy friday. it is december 7. >> i am steve chenevey. we want to get right to jacqui jeras. >> we did make it to friday finally. the clouds are back. we have even a little bit of moisture out there. some sprinkles can be expected this morning. we will be and this on and off pattern all the way through the weekend into early next week. our temperatures -- some day was

the coldest one of the bunch. today will be a little bit warmer. 39 degrees at reagan national. your forecast for today, cloudy with a straight shower, four degrees, cloudy skies and 47 at noon. 51 and mostly cloudy at 5:00. we will show you the weekend forecast. it probably will not be your favorite. that is coming up in just a few minutes. >> it will not be our favorite forecast? as we get up and adam -- at em, the overnight construction has been wrapped up. the beltway passing 650 that is the zone where they had the construction, i am not seeing anything there. they have picked everything up. kenilworth avenue, i had the overnight construction -- it looks like everything is quiet.

here is the beltway to 02, and in virginia, we looked good. 395, through the beltway looking good. >> off to a quiet start. we are following breaking news from japan. that is where a meter high tsunami has hit after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake. this follows the tsunami back in march of 2011. the tsunami was strong enough to shake buildings in tokyo. some 280 miles away -- an aftershock followed that. we are waiting any information of any damage. the 2011 quake killed 19,000 people. we will report on the story throughout the morning. >> a d.c. neighborhood plagued

with flooding -- there is a major product -- project at a water filtration site. the bloomingdale neighborhood could be dry because of this project. this is the site where three storm drains converge. ." >> they took in a bunch of sewage water. >> when his home flooded or times in just four months this summer -- having dried out with no help from district officials he is hoping that he is one step ahead. >> we will have to hold our breath for next year. sandbags and such. >> d.c. water officials are hoping to have a new system in place to prevent this type of severe flooding as early as 2014. the plan? twofold. the first would be to confer --

converge the site into a storage plant. >> i am glad to see my tax dollars are finally doing something. >> it is not only his home about his live larry -- livelihood at stake. he has been battling floods for 30 years. >> to do something is better than doing nothing. i have never seen a much done. >> battling brush of water is not cheap. the plan will cost $145 million. it would not be complete until 2022. >> it is relatively impressive, the efforts. >> this is just a proposal. $40 million worth of the project remains unfunded. also complicating matters is that this -- the water full attrition site is a historic site. >> 4:30, president obama is set

to sign new legislation. the child protection act doubles the maximum conviction for those convicted of child pornography with those children under the age of 12. it gives broader powers to u.s. marshals. in the meantime, a fairfax county elementary school teacher has been indicted on child pornography charges. robert fenn was arrested back in june. he taught special education students. investigators say that the access to child pornography websites. >> of montgomery county office will student charged with bringing on unloaded gun at the school is expected in a hearing today. he went to magruder high school on thursday morning even though he was suspended. an officer told them that he was not supposed to be there.

they found a weapon in his back. -- in his bag. >> he used to be a good kid. now bringing a weapon to school, it is just not right. >> abc 7 news but several startling messages on his twitter account. he tweeted, as soon as i stepped in school, it is savage time. >> it will be tough getting around using metro this weekend. here is what you need to know. there will be no red line service between -- shuttle buses will be available. there will be single tracking on the blue number lines. orange line trains will not be running because of work on the yellow line bridge over the potomac river. you can find this all at

wjla.com. macy's is pulling out all the stops for last-minute shoppers and wall street is paying a closer look to the november jobs report today. >> let's check in with new york. >> good morning. stock futures are flat at the moment. we do have the jobs report coming out at 8:30 this morning. a lot of trading will depend on what we see there. it may show a slowdown in november, a lot of that because of superstorm sandy halting hiring. we know a lot of employers seem to be holding back until lawmakers come to an agreement or not on the fiscal cliff. meeting expectations -- median expectations would be 85,000 jobs. over at macy's, we know there are a top -- are a lot of temporary workers. they will be burning the midnight oil. stores will stay open for 48 hours straight between december

24 -- december 23, and december 24. good news if you like your morning orange juice. we could see an easing of prices trickled down to consumers. the current crop could be bigger than the government is currently expecting. netflix ceo under pressure on the sec. a study showing that gays earn more and owe less. >> we will check back in with you soon. thank you so much for that. 4:30 it is your time. >> still to come and good morning washington, growing concerns over the crisis in syria.

>> looking a lot more like christmas outside the white house. the first family of flipped the switch on the national christmas tree. it is the first year for this particular 30-foot tree. that is carrying on a 90 year tradition. >> very pretty. >> it was a little cold out. it is 4:41 right now.

>> things are not too bad temperature-wise. we bottomed out yesterday with the thermometer. this morning, the clouds are back, and so is the rain. we have a spotty showers across west virginia and in north western maryland. this will be very sporadic throughout the day. our temperatures, feeling better, 39 degrees at reagan national. 38 at dulles. we will make up to seasonable averages this afternoon. a few showers, especially this morning. we will see some later tonight. our high temperature between 48 degrees and 52 degrees. >> good friday morning. i am finding nothing but good news. good morning to our nation's capitol. here we are.

no problems on of the southwest freeway getting on to new york ave. we do have some construction set up in the georgetown area. it is not causing any delays. anytime you see any construction zones, keep your speed limits down. watch the crews. not funny too much to tell you about throughout the beltway. -- and not finding too much to tell you about dropped the beltway. no remains of any construction there. back to you. >> thank you. 4:43. the latest on the divided negotiations over the fiscal cliff. >> the latest on

>> checking our top stories, the see will break ground on a project aimed at keeping a northwest neighborhood and dry. the bloomingdale neighborhood almost always has flooding with major rain storms. one part of the project will be done by 2014. the full plan will not be done until 2022. it will be tough to get around using the metro this weekend. portions of a read, green, and yellow lights will be shut down the track work. a man accused of murdering an arlington a jewelry store owner is expected in court today for a parole hearing.

police say a man killed the jewelry store owner back in july. >> more are watching the crisis in syria. there are concerns that bashar assad will use chemical weapons -- there is evidence of the military using -- getting ready to use chemical weapons against the rebel forces. >> as the fighting in syria -- on a, secretary of defense leon panetta said that the latest intelligence raised serious concerns that the syrian president may turn chemical weapons on his own citizens. >> the whole world is watching. the whole world is watching very closely. the president of the united states has made very clear that there will be consequences. there will be consequences if

the assad regime makes a terrible mistake by using these chemical weapons on their own people. >> diplomatic efforts to end the 21-month-old conflict had failed. tens of thousands of people have been killed so far. with so much at stake, senator john mccain said it may be time to take action. >> it may mean that the united states and our allies are facing the prospect of an imminent use of weapons of mass destruction in syria -- this may be the last warning we may get. time for talking about what me made -- what we may do may be coming to a closed. >> angelina jolie traveled to a refugee camp on thursday. she is a special envoy. it was her second official mission to the region in three

months. >> president obama is at warning egypt's president that the recent violence there is unacceptable. the admonishment came after protests storming the presidential palace. muhammed marcy tried to calm the protests with a national address. the recent outbreaks of violence have left at least six dead and at least 700 people injured. >> a man killed in a veterans day parade accident will be buried today. he was among four veterans -- four bennet -- four veterans killed during the parade. he was 37 years old. he leaves behind a wife and children. >> hurricane sandy already being blamed for tens of billions of damage. today, we will learn its impact on the jobs report. weekly jobs figures showed a

huge spike in jobs claims in the aftermath of the storm. >> 4:49 right now. 29 days before we reach the fiscal cliff. republicans and democrats are locked in a war of words. negotiators are meeting behind closed doors to hash out a deal. president obama tried to put more pressure on republicans on thursday. he visited a family in virginia to highlight the impact of government spending cuts on the middle class. >> because democrats and republicans are not coming together to solve this problem -- >> republicans say they will support raising revenue by closing loopholes. >> therightward legislation. -- has pushed forward a right to work legislation. union activists shouted during the debate.

several were arrested. the legislation prevents unions and from collecting fees from non-union workers. michigan's governor said he will sign the bill. >> 4:51 right now. up next, a new role for

>> 4:53. let's take a look at weather.

clacks good morning. we have a damp start to some areas. not much in the district, to the southeast. this is all very light. a little bit of paint showing at the mason dixon line. a little bit of snow baby -- maybe mixing into these areas. nothing i am terribly worried about. it is very light and very foggy. our temperatures are better this morning compared to yesterday. that is the good news. 38 degrees at dulles. 39 degrees at reagan national. let's take a look at our express forecast for the rest of today. cloudy skies, stray showers, and by noon, we will dry up a little bit. at 47 degrees. we do have a chance of showers returning this evening. saturday and sunday, the weekend is on our doorstep, but unfortunately, the clouds will remain. rain will linger into early next

week. >> good morning. we are off to a quiet start. the only problem i see is the construction still clearing in the georgetown area. it is not causing any delays. they're pretty much on schedule. check this out 395, across the 14th street bridge, this is important. no construction, nothing blocking either direction. this is good. beltway, tysons, beltway silver springs, lanes are open. the maryland 270, a good time to get up early with us. >> thank you. it is 4:55. the mobile users have been waiting for the state. starting next year, t-mobile will have the iphone.

the date is not yet set. that is sometime next year. you may soon be able to retire at your phones are planned out. "the new york times" reports they might relax the rules on airplanes. right now, the rule is that you have to turn off your devices. the faa will -- will review the policy. >> president obama will take the oath of office again in the next few months. eva longoria has been named co- chair of his ann arbor community -- inaugural committee. she served as part of his campaign. she also spoke at the democratic national committee. >> "good morning america to go -- "good morning america" will

go on line. it will include a various guests and contributors. awfully you check that out. >> absolutely. 4:56 right now. >> metro will be doing a lot of work. trying to get it all done this weekend. passengers, you will need to

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